Improvement in shawl-pins



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L. F. HALL, OF FONDA, NEW YORK.

"IMPROVE-.M ENT IN sHAwL-Pms.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,@38. dated November4, 1862.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L. F. HALL, of Fonda, in the county of Montgomeryand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shawl-Pin; and Ido hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription of the, same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specication, in which--4 lFigure l is 'afront view of my invention, shown applied to a shawl; Fig. 2, a detachedperspective view ofthe same; Fig. 3, an edge View of the same,shown'applied to a shawl.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a shawl-pin of simpleconstruction, which may be constructed at a small oost, bereadily'applied to the shawl for securing it on the person, and whenthus applied not capable of` beA ing casually detached.

To this end the invention consists in constructing the pin of a singlepiece of wire bent so as to form two parallel prongs which are bent atboth ends to form hooks, as hereinafter fully shown and described.

Toenable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention. I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the shawl-pin, which is constructed of a single piece ofwire of a suitable length and thickness, bent in such a manner as toform two parallel prongs, a c, of equal length. The outer ends of theprongs a c are pointed and bent, both inthe same direction, to formhooks b b of equal length. The opposite ends of the prongs which form-acurve, and are connected of course, as but a single piece of wire isused, are also bent to form a hook, c, at the same side of the prongs asthe hooks b b. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The hook c is about equal in lengthto the hooks b b.

rlhe precise construction of the pin will be fully understood` byreferring to Fig. 2.

The pin is applied to the shawl, (the latter being shown in red in Figs.l and 3,) by passing the hooks b b through one partlor side of it, sothat the hook c will catch or grasp it when the pin is'fully drawnthrough. The hooks b b are thereby fully exposed or left free to beengaged with the opposite part or side of the shawl, as will be fullyunderstood by referring to Figs. l and 3. By this arrangement the pincannot becasually detached from the shawl when the hooks b b are notengaged with it, and the hooks b b may be readily stuck into the shawlwhen the latter is placed on the person. In taking off the shawl thereis no necessity for detaching the hook c, thatmay remain in the shawl,so that the pin when the Shawl is placed on the person is always inproper place for use.

Those pips which require to be wholly detached from the shawl when thewearer takes it off are liable to be misplaced or lost, and the most ofthem cannot be carried conveniently in the pocket.

My invention can be constructed at a trifling cost, especially ifmachinery be employed in the manufacture of them, and in consequence ofbeing formed of a single piece of wire they are extremely durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, ashawlfpinconstructed of a single piece of wire bent so as to form two parallelprongs. a a, provided with hooks b b at one end, and a hook, c, at theopposite end, as herein shown and described.

L. F. HALL. lVitnesses:

J. A. BLOOMINGDALE, HENRY CLARK.

